‘Thank you Cal’ yard sign spotted in front of John Calipari’s Lexington home

As speculation continues to swirl about John Calipari’s exit from Kentucky to Arkansas, a someone left a message for the hall of fame basketball coach in his yard overnight Monday.

A yard sign was spotted in the front yard of Calipari’s Richmond Road home Tuesday morning.

The sign, which was placed on the lawn in front of the house’s black iron gate read, “thank you Cal” and “we love you” with a heart emoji and smiley faces sandwiching the message.

It’s not the first time a sign was placed on or near the University of Kentucky basketball coach’s house. In Jan. 2010 during his first year leading the Cats, and behind stars John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Eric Bledsoe, UK started the season 19-0. UK rose to a No. 1 ranking — the first time since the 2002-03 season — and a congratulatory sign was placed in the median on Richmond Road in front of his nearly 10,000 sq. foot house. Unfortunately they didn’t last long at No. 1, losing the next day at South Carolina.

Calipari is rumored to be taking the vacant men’s basketball head coach job at the University of Arkansas. Calipari confirmed Tuesday that he was “stepping away from the program,” though he did not say what the next step in his career would be. A formal announcement of the hire could come as later Tuesday.

Calipari was spotted walking his dog along Richmond Road Monday afternoon by a WKYT reporter. Calipari declined to provide a comment when asked.

Kentucky basketball’s record under John Calipari

UK advanced to four Final Fours and won the 2012 national championship during Calipari’s first six seasons in charge of the program. But it’s been nine years since the Wildcats last made it to the Final Four, losing to Wisconsin in the 2015 national semifinals to finish with a 38-1 record.

Calipari, who turned 65-years-old in February, has an overall record of 410-123 in 15 seasons as Kentucky’s coach. He is the longest-tenured UK coach since Adolph Rupp, who led the program from 1930 to 1972.

Herald-Leader report Ben Roberts contributed to this report.

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